Director - AI Infrastructure

No SPONSORSHIP - NO OPT

AI Infrastructure Director

SALARY:$302,000 - $335,000 plus bonus

LOCATION: HOUSTON, TX

Hybrid 3 days onsite

Looking for a Director over building enterprise grade AI platforms. Microsoft azure AI and ML services. You will lead AI platform engineering, infrastructure. Azure AI.

As AI Infrastructure Director, you ll design, manage, and optimize the firm s AI infrastructure spanning onpremise GPU environments and Microsoft Azure based AI platforms to enable enterprise AI, automation, and innovation initiatives at scale.

Qualifications:

• Education & Certifications: Bachelor s degree. Advanced Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert) strongly preferred.
• Leadership Experience: 12+ years in infrastructure, platform, or cloud engineering within complex enterprises, including at least 5 years in senior leadership roles managing managers and multiteam organizations.
• AI Platform Expertise: 5+ years designing, operating, and scaling production AI and ML platforms, including MLOps, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), InfrastructureasCode, and containerized platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Azure at Scale: Deep expertise with enterprisescale Microsoft Azure, including AI and ML services, networking, identity, security, governance, and cost management.
• Hybrid Infrastructure Knowledge: Experience integrating and operating onpremise GPU and highperformance computing environments with cloud platforms.
• Operational Accountability: Proven ownership of platform reliability, incident command, and servicelevel objectives in regulated, compliancesensitive environments.
• Governance & Risk Awareness: Working knowledge of Responsible AI, AI risk management, regulatory frameworks, and compliance standards such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
• Financial & Vendor Acumen: Experience managing cloud spend using Financial Operations (FinOps) practices and overseeing enterprise vendor and contract relationships.
• Executive Communication: Strong executive presence with the ability to advise senior leaders and influence crossfunctional stakeholders.
• Industry Context: Experience in legal, professional services, or similarly regulated environments preferred, including familiarity with legal technology ecosystems.